Music, storytelling, auction, community. Come out for OutYouth and SoulForce. Hear it from the heart and flirt with the Capital City Men's Chorus – all of 'em. 7-10pm. $9-25, youth and presale discounts available.

With a title like that, run, don't walk… or more accurately: Fly, little bats, fly! to this wacky Off-Broadway trek across 2,000 years of blaaaaad! Ve vant to suck it! Oct. 26-Nov. 17. Fridays and Saturdays, 10:30pm; Sundays, 8pm. $10.

You can directly access the Chronicle's gay listings online without clicking until your fingers turn blue. Plus the URLs are super easy to remember. The Austin Chronicle gAyTX Fun Guide is our regularly updated list of fine local queer establishments and concerns, Gay Place is, of course, what you are reading here, our weekly best of the best of queer Austin, and check out our blog for some extra fun.

Meet at north shore of Lady Bird Lake under the MoPac bridge, 453-8878

Finally! A socially intricate yet easy-to-use Web presence designed to "help foster communication and planning within the queer community to avoid competing events." Thank you, Poochie. Go check it out, and upload all your events. Now! What are you waiting for? Free.

Yup. Women Who Love Women Who Love Food. In lieu of Austin's having an actual lesbian gathering space, this e-mail-based social network holds weekly meet-ups, private house parties, and special events for the lay-deez. Women of all stripes are welcome and encouraged to attend. E-mail Kitty to get on the list.

Yup. Women Who Love Women Who Love Food. In lieu of Austin's having an actual lesbian gathering space, this e-mail-based social network holds weekly meet-ups, private house parties, and special events for the lay-deez. Women of all stripes are welcome and encouraged to attend. E-mail Kitty to get on the list.

The cuddliest, hairiest, most barrel-chested bigboys of the Heart of Texas Bears are a social service group dedicated to all things "grrrrr." Get on their list for info about monthly coffees, movie nights, beer busts, etc.

For those who are wild about the theatre, Zach brings you the Wilde Party offered at each main-stage show. Food, drinks, and a fabulous show especially for the family and those that love us. Preshow mixer, 6:45pm; show at 8pm.

Texas State University campus, San Marcos

We've often fantasized about how a band of performative queerballs would play in the Poconos. We think we might be onto something with this one. The recently relocated (to Austin) Lipschtick Collective wants you, fire-spinners, jugglers, contortionists, acrobats, tassel-twirlers, aerial-silks aficionados, shwanky dancers, shower-singers, musicians, drag queens and kings, and actors.

471-7295

That's THCFES to you, delicate nymph of the forest glen. (All's we wanna know is: Where are the fekkin' unicorns?!) THCFES is a group for alternative/progressive gay men who understand the goodness of all things fae. Yae!

Do you lead or do you follow, darlin'? This group of gay-friendly women loves to dance and has formed this social group to which all gay-friendly women, 21 and older, are invited. Sometimes, they will meet at dance events; sometimes, they will hit the floor at a local club to practice. What better way to improve (or acquire) those skills? And those skills. Free.

Your Longhorn queer hub, as it were. Regular business hours (Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm) so you can learn about cool campus doin's like Queer Students Alliance, GLBTGrad, OutLaw, Queer People of Color and Allies, Transgender Texas, She Says, and more.

In a time of ancient gods, warlords, and kings, a land in turmoil cried out for a movie, and this online petition might just make it happen. Don't you want to be able to tell your grandkids that you helped reunite Xena & Gabrielle? Sign the petition now, before that nasty Samurai gets wind of all this.